Back to Blogging?

So many thoughts are swimming in my head, so maybe I should start blogging again. The election of Barack Obama was pretty exciting, so was the fact that he won states like Virginia, Ohio, Indiana (very narrowly), and North Carolina (even more narrowly). It is pretty cool that this country elected a black man, it happened sooner than I thought would. I didn't have the emotional reaction that a lot people had, but I felt satisfied, that the world was as it should be. The day after the election, I suddenly became worried that Barack Obama may not be able to do as much as we all hope that he will. The economy is likely to be slow for at least a few years. Will Barack Obama be able to make enough progress with this crappy situation that he has been given in four years so that he can get re-elected? His appointment of numerous Clinton aides makes me worry, will he be the same as Clinton? Clearly he is not dumb enough to get caught up in a Lewinsky type scandal that would seriously distract him from his job. What will happen with the Republican party? Will they become more centrist? Or will the remaining members in power become more apeshit and make it so that Barack Obama can get nothing done. Clearly Obama is a big, big improvement from George Bush in that Obama is a hard-worker and very smart. It's a bit strange that Bush will be passing on the presidency to Obama, since in a lot of ways they are polar opposites. Bush came from priviledge and wealth and did not have to work hard in life. Obama came from modest means, worked very hard, and often made the difficult life choices (i.e. being a community organizer instead of being a high paid corporate lawyer).

When McCain was making his concession speech, I felt really bad for him. I know that he truly loves his country, but there were a lot of things that happened during the campaign that really disappointed me. If he were truly a maverick he wouldn't have picked Sarah Palin as vice president. He's a little to hawkish -- the fact that he was willing to joke about bombing Iran was scary. I also think his health care plan is colossally stupid. Clearly this is the end of McCain's presidential hopes, but hopefully it is also the end of Sarah Palin's.